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Film, Video President reviewing school children Biograph production log title: President Roosevelt reviewing school children

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About this Item

Title

  • President reviewing school children

Other Title

  • Biograph production log title: President Roosevelt reviewing school children

Summary

  • From the side of a broad avenue, a crowd of people await the arrival of President Theodore Roosevelt. The marching military that precedes his carriage can be seen at a distance of a quarter of a mile away. Four other camera positions along the march include the escort, the dignitaries, and at the conclusion, Roosevelt in his carriage.

Names

  • Miles, Herbert J., camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919
  • -  School children--California--San Francisco

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Filmed parades
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H32393 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32393.
  • -  Duration: 2:03 at 18 fps.
  • -  One of several films taken during President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to San Francisco on May 12-14, 1903 as part of his presidential tour of the West in 1903.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2375.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1812) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  The entry for this film in Niver's Early motion pictures gives the date May 26, 1903, but does not indicate that the film was actually photographed on that day. Research indicates that May 26 is the date information about the film was entered into the Biograph production log.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 257; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, A.12403; The Boston herald, 5/13/1903, p. 11 viewed online via Newsbank/Readix database, June 4, 2014; Biograph production logs, v. 1: 1899-1903; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 83.
  • -  Camera, Herbert J. Miles.
  • -  Appearing: Theodore Roosevelt.
  • -  Filmed May 12, 1903, in San Francisco, California.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 80 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4826 (viewing print)
  • FEB 5462 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1835 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 6837 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0668D (paper pos)
  • Box 5191B (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99407346

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Miles, Herbert J., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. President Reviewing School Children. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99407346/.

APA citation style:

Miles, H. J., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) President Reviewing School Children. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99407346/.

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Miles, Herbert J., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. President Reviewing School Children. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99407346/>.